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The first naval attacks by the redcoats were against Guadeloupe in 1691 and 1703.
Martinique and Guadeloupe, formal départements since 1946, have recently become régions in an administrative reshuffle.
After Britain seized Guadeloupe, Victor Hugues, commissaire of the Convention, wrenched the island back, proclaimed slavery abolished, and set about guillotining the old-guard colons.
Two rather half-hearted Spanish attempts to establish footholds on Guadeloupe were repulsed by the Caribs.
Hugues’ reign on Guadeloupe didn’t last long, but it was bloodthirsty enough to be recalled vividly even today.
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